Noormarkku | |
Official Name: | Finnish: Noormarkun kunta Swedish: Norrmarks kommun |
Settlement Type: | Former municipality |
Mapsize: | 150px |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 150px |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Finland |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Satakunta |
Subdivision Type2: | Sub-region |
Subdivision Name2: | Pori sub-region |
Leader Title: | Municipal manager |
Leader Name: | Risto Peevo |
Extinct Title: | Consolidated |
Extinct Date: | 2010 |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 332.06 |
Area Land Km2: | 316.86 |
Area Water Km2: | 15.2 |
Population As Of: | 2009-12-31 |
Population Footnotes: | [2] |
Population Total: | 6158 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Demographics1 Info1: | % (official) |
Demographics1 Info2: | % |
Demographics1 Info3: | % |
Demographics1 Info4: | % |
Demographics2 Title1: | 0 to 14 |
Demographics2 Info1: | % |
Demographics2 Title2: | 15 to 64 |
Demographics2 Info2: | % |
Demographics2 Title3: | 65 or older |
Demographics2 Info3: | % |
Timezone: | EET |
Utc Offset: | +2 |
Timezone Dst: | EEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +3 |
Coordinates: | 61.5917°N 73°W |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Website: | www.noormarkku.fi |
Noormarkku (Swedish: Norrmark) is a former municipality of Finland.
It is located in the province of Western Finland and was part of the Satakunta region. The municipality had a population of 6,158 (31 December 2009) and covered an area of of which 15.2km2 is water. The population density was .
Noormarkku is the birthplace of the Ahlstrom Corporation. Antti Ahlström invested in the entire development of Noormarkku, setting up one of Finland's first Finnish language schools and building a road network.
The municipality was unilingually Finnish.
Noormarkku was annexed with the neighboring city of Pori on 1 January 2010.
A notable building is the Villa Mairea by architect Alvar Aalto designed as the private home for Maire and Harry Gullichsen.